All 4 Uses
disconsolate
in
The Phantom Tollbooth
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- No words were sold, the market place closed down, and the people grew poor and disconsolate.†
p. 68.6 *
- The Soundkeeper grew worried and disconsolate.†
p. 148.8
- The people quickly went about their busy talkative business and, as the smoke and dust cleared, only Milo, Tock, and the Humbug noticed the Soundkeeper sitting disconsolately on a pile of rubble.†
p. 162.9
- They ran for the stairs, bowling over the disconsolate Senses Taker, ledger, ink bottle, eyeshade, and all, as they went.†
p. 230.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(disconsolate) sad beyond comforting; or generally gloomy or unhappy
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)